Pattern Illuminator for Life Science Research

Mightex’s market-leading Polygon pattern illuminators provide precise spatiotemporal control of light with subcellular resolution, making it the perfect illumination tool for life science research.

Any Shape, Size, Timing, and Colour

Simultaneous Multi-Region Illumination

Subcellular Resolution

Compatible with Any Microscope

State-of-the-Art DMD Technology

The Polygon uses digital mirror device (DMD) technology to illuminate multiple regions simultaneously. A DMD is composed of hundreds of thousands of micro-mirrors that can be individually turned on to reflect light onto the sample. Thus, you can control each mirror to control the area(s) of illumination and create any number of different sized patterns. The Polygon DMD device can be mounted into the infinity-path of any microscope.

Mightex’s Digital Mirror Device (DMD) is inside their Polygon systems, which are compatible with every type of microscope. The DMD enables precise spatial illumination

Polygon1000-G

The Polygon1000-G is a flexible solution for patterned illumination, as this patterned illuminator can be used with any lightsource (350-700nm) that accepts a 3mm core lightguide. Thus, the Polygon1000-G provides future flexibility for different wavelengths and lightsources, depending on your application.

Wavelengths: 350-700nm

Lightsource: lightguide-coupled

Interchangeable front tubes available for fine resolution or large field-of-view

Polygon1000-DL

The Polygon1000-DL is a flexible solution for large field of view or high-power patterned illumination applications, as this patterned illuminator can be used with any fiber-coupled lightsource (400-700nm), such as high-power lasers. This Polygon1000 model has been designed for high-power applications, such as in vivo optogenetics.

Wavelengths: 400-700nm

Lightsource: fiber-coupled

Interchangeable front tubes available for fine resolution or large field-of-view

Powerful User-Friendly Polyscan Software for Life Science Experiments

Mightex’s PolyScan software platform is bundled with every Polygon to help you execute sophisticated patterned illumination experiments for your research. It provides:

Easy to use GUI to draw and define illumination patterns

Arrange sequences of illumination patterns

Define temporal illumination parameters for you experiments

Synchronize illumination patterns with other lab equipment

Illumination of Any Shape or Size

The Polygon enables scientists to precisely control where light will hit their sample. With subcellular resolution, the Polygon can illuminate any cellular feature in any shape or size. Our pattern editor allows the researcher to draw any pattern in true dimension or import an image of interest to project onto their sample, providing full spatial control of illumination.

Polygon 1000-G can achieve any shape or pattern of illumination

Multi-Wavelength Illumination

The Polygon provides great flexibility when it comes down to wavelength selection. From UV to VIS/NIR range, the Polygon can project light of different colours suitable for your light-sensitive constructs.

Illuminate different patterns with multiple wavelengths

Simultaneous Multi-Region Illumination

Unlike a point scanner that sequentially illuminates a region-of-interest pixel by pixel, the Polygon projects all ON pixels simultaneously such that multiple regions-of-interest are illuminated at the exact same time.

Temporal & Intensity Control of Light Stimulation

Control the initiation, duration, and intensity of light stimulation patterns using the Polygon. Create different waveforms to control the light intensity and duration outputted from the Polygon.

Compatible with Any Microscope

The Polygon is designed to be coupled into the infinity space of any microscope model (Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Zeiss) with Mightex’s microscope-specific adapters. Please contact Mightex to discuss the different options available for coupling to a microscope.

The Polygon is compatible with any microscope

Synchronize with Electrophysiology or Imaging Equipment

The Polygon comes with BNC connectorized TTL trigger input and output for easy synchronization with multiple lab equipment. Synchronize the Polygon with your motorized stage for field of view stitching, or synchronize your stimulation patterns with electrophysiology equipment.

Third-Party Camera Compatible

The Polygon works with any third-party camera. All the Polygon needs is access to the imaging acquisition window for calibration and pattern creation.

Polygon 1000-G can be used with a third party camera

Microscope Adaptors

Mightex offers different microscope adapters for all inverted and upright microscopes. The microscope adapter is designed to couple the Polygon into the infinity-path of the microscope for patterned illumination capabilities.

Mightex offers different microscope adaptors for all inverted and upright microscopes.

Can I illuminate cells with multiple wavelengths?

Yes, you can. And you can illuminate multiple patterns with mutliple wavelengths.

How fast can I switch between illumination patterns?

The Polygon 1000 takes just 4 ms to switch between patterns. Meaning the user can perform closed-loop experiments if needed.

Is there a limit to the number of cells that can be illuminated?

Theoretically yes, but to achieve the limit you would need to optically stimulate the entire field of view. In practice, you can illuminate as many discreet cells of interest under your field of view as you need to.